Description:

1. Theory of flow in porous media. Derivation of flow equations, boundary conditions.
2. The hydraulic characteristics of the porous medium. The theory of capillary models.
3. Determination of hydraulic characteristics, optimization of parameters of retention curves, prediction of hydraulic conductivity.
4. Numerical methods to solve flow equations.
5. Elementary processes of water flow in subsurface.
6. Solute transport. Miscible flow, conservative flow, advection, dispersion, dispersion characteristics.
7. Reactive transport. Description of fundamental chemical reactions, equilibrium and kinetic models. Universal transport equations, boundary conditions.
8. Determination of dispersion characteristics. Multiphase flow (non-aqueous phase liquids).
9. Heterogeneity of soil medium.
10. Flow and transport of substances in soils exhibiting preferential flow.
11. Simulation models and their applications.
12. Modeling of soil water regime in engineering and environmental problems. Ethical standards and interpretation of simulation results.
13. Case studies

Contents:

1. Theory of flow in porous media. Derivation of flow equations, boundary conditions.
2. The hydraulic characteristics of the porous medium. The theory of capillary models.
3. Determination of hydraulic characteristics, optimization of parameters of retention curves, prediction of hydraulic conductivity.
4. Numerical methods to solve flow equations.
5. Elementary processes of water flow in subsurface.
6. Solute transport. Miscible flow, conservative flow, advection, dispersion, dispersion characteristics.
7. Reactive transport. Description of fundamental chemical reactions, equilibrium and kinetic models. Universal transport equations, boundary conditions.
8. Determination of dispersion characteristics. Multiphase flow (non-aqueous phase liquids).
9. Heterogeneity of soil medium.
10. Flow and transport of substances in soils exhibiting preferential flow.
11. Simulation models and their applications.
12. Modeling of soil water regime in engineering and environmental problems. Ethical standards and interpretation of simulation results.
13. Case studies

Seminar contents:

1. Bulk density. Water content.
2. RETC, Pedotransfer functions.
3. Hydraulic characteristics.
4. - 6. Modeling, HYDRUS 1D.
7. Random walk method for transport simulations.
8. - 9. Modeling of transport.
10.- 12. HYDRUS 2D.

Recommended literature:

!Bear, J., & Cheng, A. H.-D. (2010). Modeling groundwater flow and contaminant transport. Dordrecht: Springer.ISBN: 978-1-4020-6681-8
!Hillel, D. (2009). Environmental soil physics. Amsterdam [u.a.: Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-348655-4
!Jury, W. A., & Horton, R. (2004). Soil physics. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley. ISBN-13: 978-0471059653

Keywords:

subsurface hydrology;contaminant transport;unsaturated zone;modelling

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar